Published on 10 Oct 2016 • United Kingdom |
"(1) For example, this chapter does not necessarily require a firm to include in a reference the fact that an ex-employee left while disciplinary proceedings were pending or had started. Including such information is likely to imply that there is cause for concern about the ex-employee but the firm may not have established that the ex-employee was actually responsible for misconduct. (2) However, a firm may include such information in a reference if it wishes to (SYSC 22.5.2G)".